The federal government's mass culling of employees has reached Oklahoma's National Weather Center and other weather offices across the country just as tornado season approaches. So far, federal officials have been silent about the decision by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to send home hundreds of people who help predict the weather and warn the public about severe storms.
Ohio set a record for tornadoes in 2024 with 74 confirmed across the state. The storms killed three people and destroyed dozens of homes.
When rain starts to fall, people immediately look to the weather radar to see how long it will last. But when severe weather strikes, meteorologists can use this technology to pinpoint the precise location of damaging tornadoes and give more accurate warnings to those in their path.
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Hundreds fired at weather agency as US faces storm, wildfire warnings
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Trump's Firings at US Weather Agency Will Put Lives at Risk, Scientists Say
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status have been fired, lawmakers and weather experts say
Oklahoma community members and leaders are expressing concern about layoffs at the National Weather Center as tornado season approaches.
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880 lose jobs at agency over National Weather Service, hurricane center. What is NOAA?
Jim Cantore, Al Roker decry mass layoffs at NOAA, National Weather Service. 'This is deeply troubling'
The NOAA and weather service are the latest government agencies hit with mass layoffs. Jim Cantore, Al Rocker decry loss and talk about the impact it will have
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Trump administration layoffs hit NOAA, agency that forecasts weather, hurricanes
Some severe weather safety tips are well known, but other important things you may not have considered could save your life when flooding, high winds, thunderstorms or tornadoes threaten.
(This story has been updated with new information from the weather service.) A team from the National Weather Service confirmed a weak tornado briefly touched down in Oxnard during Thursday's storm, lifting up carports, shattering windows and damaging ...
HOGANSVILLE, Ga. — The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Troup County during the early morning storms on Sunday, Feb. 16. According to the NWS, the tornado first touched down at 4:25 a.m. northeast of Hogansville off Highway 29, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted.
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